Pragma-Stylistics Devices and Performative Study of Selected Oral Text Jubilezer Sihite 0128078303 Abstract Pragma-Stylistics Devices and Performative Study of Selected Oral Text is explained. The study is intended to investigate the role of pragmastylistics devices and performative study in a selected oral text. In this case an oral text from judge to the witness is selected to be the object of the research. 3 judges did the investigation and delivered some questions to the witness, it is a hate speech delivered by FZ and FH about RS. In understanding dramatic and orla texts through using pragma-stylistic approach. It is also an attempt to examine the stylistic effects of using performative act and their implication in conveying the theme of the play and the intentions of the characters. The analysis reveals that the interaction between pragma-stylistics and performative is a vital tool for analyzing oral and dramatic texts. Pragma-stylistics and performative are grouped into systematic combination depending on the purpose of the speaker or the playwright. The pragma-stylistics and performative analysis of oral text also reveals the importance of untterances in conveying the intended message of the oral through the contextual details offered about the characters and events. Generally the pragmatics device is a good point and performative is also a good way to express some utterances, statetment, question in an investigation, especially in the court. Both pragmatics devices and performatives can prove that it is easy to get trough investigation and can lead to the final decision before sentencing. Entailment and expositives are major element of linguistics and have important role play in an investigation. They are grouped in systematic combinations depending on the purpose of the speaker or the playwright; they may demonstrate the state of action or affairs, then give a request and the like, direction of fit is the most decisive aspect of the combination of expression such as expositives. Keywords: pragma-stylistics, performatives, entailment, oral text CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1. The Background Pragmatic Literary Stylistic Analysis is the application of related pragmatic theories in the interpretation of a literary text. This aspect of stylistics takes keen interest in the meaning valueof a literary text using pragmatism as a principle of inquiry and account of meaning. This paper argues that the writer made deliberate linguistic choices which could be interpreted using the pragmatic theories such as inferences, presuppositions and assumptions as basis for theanalysis.Pragmatic literary stylistics is a branch of stylistics which applies idea from linguistic pragmatics to the analysis of texts and their interpretations. Meaning in a text is embedded in the language employed by the writer and in order to carry out an effective exploration of the intendedmeaning of a writer, the language in use in the text has to be fully put into consideration. In minor misdemeanor cases, judge frequently hand down sentences immediately after the defendant pleads guilty or no contest, or is found guilty after trial. Where the possibility of significant incarceration exists, however, the judge may not impose sentence until some days or weeks later, in a separately scheduled sentencing hearing. The sentencing hearing often follows an investigation by a probation officer, who prepares a presentence report for the judge to review. The sentencing portion of a criminal case often takes only moments, especially if the judge is rubber-stamping the sentence agreed to in plea negotiations. However, sentencing is not always so brief an affair, especially when the judge has legal authority to order a long period of imprisonment. Typically, the probation department will have prepared a presentence report, and the defense and prosecution will have a chance to argue against or in 1 favor of the probation officer’s recommendations and the factual findings on which those recommendations are based. When deciding what sentence to impose, judges typically consider oral statements made in open court as well as the probation officer’s written presentence report. The people who most commonly speak at a sentencing hearing are the prosecutors, the defense attorney, the victims, and the defendant. 1.2. The Problem In this research, the problem statements are as follows: a. What are the typical kinds of pragma-stylistics device and performative used in the court? b. Do the device and performative act can lead the defendant to give the truth or not? 1.3. The Scope To the best of the researchers ’knowledge, there exists rare studies that tackle speech acts in sentences using a pragma-stylistic analysis especially entailment, thus this can be an attempt to bridge a gap in the literature. The research is only focused on the discussing of sentences, questions, statement and utterances of the Judge to the witness in the court consisting of entailment and performative act to lead to the final decision. Griffiths (2006) divides entailment as one-way entailment and two-way entailment. His theory also tells that entailments are varied in case of its relation from one or two or more directions; one-way entailment, two-way entailment, mutual entailment, negative entailment, metaphorical entailment. While Austin (1962) distinguishes five different groups of performatives: verdictives, excercitives, commissives, behabitives and expositives. 1.4. The Objectives The objectives of the research are ; 2 a. to find out the typical kinds of pragma-stylistics device and performative used in the court. b. to find out whether kinds of the device and performative act can lead the defendant to give the truth or not? 1.5. The Significances The benefits of the study are: a. Theoretical benefit; this study can contribute to the science of linguistics, especially the pragmatics, stylistics and any other kind of pragmatics field. b. Practical benefit: It is expected that study can improve the reader’s knowledge particularly in pragmatics including how to use entailment. 3 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1. Theoritical Framework Stylistics has a variety of framework from linguistics within which text could be analyzed. Pragmatic literary stylistics is one of such frameworks. Both adjectives are necessary to identify it because not all pragmatic stylistics focus on literary text and not all literary stylistics apply ideas from pragmatics. The Pragmatic literary stylistics is the theoretical and analytical tool forthis pragmatic stylistic analysis 2.2. Concepts of Stylistics Stylistics as a conceptual discipline may attempt to establish principles capable of explaining particular choices made by individuals in their use of language. These principles can be applied to areas such as discourse analysis, literary criticism as well as pragmatic analysis. Common features of style include the use of dialogue, accents and idiolects, observation of active and passive voice, use of particular registers, the distribution of sentence lengths and alot more.Finally, stylistics looks at what is going on within the language; what the linguistic associationsare that the style of language reveals. Stylistics is a branch of linguistics. It is usually defined as the study of style. The concept of style is an old one. It goes back to the very beginning of classical rhetorics and poetics. It is originally taken from the Latin word (stilus) to mean a short stick made of reed used for writing on boards made of wax (Hough,1969, p.1). Throughout its history, stylistics witnessed a great deal of development. This development is a result of the development of linguistic theories and the political changes in society which affect the life and the language of people. Today stylistics is a solid discipline interested in analyzing the language of different texts. Obviously contemporary 4 stylistics is influenced by the late twentieth century development of linguistic studies in discourse analysis, pragmatics and sociolinguistics. Consequently, stylistics adopts a range of concepts and models from these fields. These concepts help stylistics to investigate the interpretive impact of linguistic peculiarities used within literature (Fabb, 2002, p.6). Scholars like Radford (1997), Simpson (2004), Jeffries and Mclntyre (2010) and others maintained that contemporary stylistics is a mature discipline not confined to the analysis of literary texts as it always was. Stylistics involves the analysis of non-literary texts such as scientific, political, legal texts, advertisement, etc. Some stylisticians have focused on the dramatic structure of plays as Burton (1980) , others have dealt with plays in terms of politeness and other pragmatic theories like Leech (1992), Short (1989) and Simpson (1989), Culpeper (1998,pp.3-4). Drama is the literary genre that is mostly like real life situations. It largely consists of dialogues and stage directions. Thus, the Stylisticians use those areas of linguistic analysis that best developed by linguists to describe face-to–face interaction and to infer meaning in context. Besides, the language of dramatic dialogues is similar to the everyday language of people. In effect, it is acceptable to employ pragmatics and discourse analysis theories and techniques such as SAT to arrive at a better understanding and interpretation of the text and the message which the playwright wants to convey to his audience. Language as Action The theory of SAs is one of the basic components of pragmatics for a long